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Italo Calvino

The Castle of Crossed Destinies

The Castle of Crossed Destinies

A 1973 novel by Italo Calvino that uses tarot cards as a narrative device.

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  • Maliea Croy
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    “Italo Calvino - Libra Sun, Capricorn Moon, Scorpio Rising If earth signs are creative with instructions, air signs are creative with combinatorial methods. Calvino used what he called a “combinatorial narrative machine” by laying out tarot cards and writing a narrative arc based on them.”

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